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Soviet Union — Estimated Gypsy population in 1991: over 500,000. For a short time after the success of the 1917 Revolution, the Gypsies in the newly formed Soviet Union were given rights as an ethnic group in exchange for supporting communism. Nomadism was… … Historical dictionary of the Gypsies

Moldova — Estimated Gypsy population: 22,500. The official Gypsy population (based on the Soviet 1989 census) was 11,517, of whom 85 percent had Romani as their mother tongue. It occupies part of the territory known as Bessarabia and belonged to Russia… … Historical dictionary of the Gypsies